Princess Shelby's 4th Birthday Bash

Shelby decided she wanted a princess party for her birthday this year and of course I got completely out of control with the planning. We decided to combine it with her cousin Colton's birthday since they are only about 10 days apart and make it a princess and knight party. We outfitted all of the knights with swords and armor as they arrived and all of the princesses with jewelry, tiaras, and wands. Then we had princess horsey rides.



Next we had the luncheon with star shaped sandwiches and fruit with purple dip.


After lunch the knights played pop the balloon with the joust, shot a bow and arrow, and slayed a dragon pinata. The princesses played does the slipper fit and pea under the mattress. Then the doorbell rang and Shelby went to answer it. Believe it or not it was Cinderella, "the REAL Cinderella" with Prince Charming. She wasn't to sure what to think at first but once they got out the REAL glass slipper they had brought for her the smile came back. They sang songs and danced and took pictures with the girls then they delivered glass slipper party favors on silk pillows filled with candy. They helped blow out the candles and the kids attacked the dessert table. It was a hit but as my brother told me. "you know next year you could just fly her out to Disneyland for about the same cost and less work." This may be true but I may only get to do a princess party once. She's already informed me that next year for her birthday she wants to be a Rock Star. They just grow up sooo fast.















And last but certainly not least it was present time. The favorite by far: Two New Kitties!

4th Celebrations

We had a little get together at my parent's house this year for the 4th of July. We have grown a bit disenchanted with the City of Lubbocks parade the past few years and so this year we decided to just do our own thing and let the kids have their own parade which was WAY more fun for them and us. Then we barbequed and did sparklers and pop its in the driveway. The next night which was the actual 4th we sat out in our backyard and could see about 5 different fireworks displays. Just one of the benefits of living out in the country.

Happy Birthday Sally and Gria

The girls decided to throw a birthday party for their dolls "Sally" and "Gria" they made hats and baked them a cake and sang happy birthday to them about 8 million times.

Legacy Park

All winter long we would drive by this park and Shelby would beg to stop however they don't open it until May so as soon as it was open we called Aunt Kasa and Aunt Shayla and Grandma and headed to Legacy Park. It's a really cool park with this gigantic fort/castle thing they can run around in and go up and down to all of the different levels. It was a little hot but we hung out in the shade and watched them play.

Ta Ta Visit

My sister Tyanya and 3 of her 4 kids came for a visit just after Peyton's birthday. My girls just love to hang out with her "big kids" they had fun swimming and going to my nephew Riley's baseball game. We only get to see them about twice a year so we really like it when they come for a visit.

Thanks Mimi

Mimi has the best taste in little girl clothes. They got practically a full wardrobe for their birthdays here they are modeling some of their new fashions.

Officially Summer

The first swim day was May 22nd this year. I guess that means it is officially summer. The water was still way to cold for me but my girls decided to brave it with my sister Shayla (Aunt La La) and her dogs Monster and Lexie. Peyton just sat on the edge but Shelby jumped right in and started paddling along.

Pey Pey is 2!!!

Peyton's birthday was May 21st she had a ladybug party and was all decked out in her party tutu. I'm really not happy at all about her being two, she is my BABY my little Pey Pey Smushie Face. She still likes to play "tiny baby" sometimes though where I hold her like a baby and rock her and sing "Mommy's tiny baby" to her over and over. It usually lasts about 30 seconds and then she's over it. Why do they have to grow up so fast?



My sister in law Danette made her the most awesome lady bug cake ever. I bought 1500 ladybugs from a gardening store and we made little jars with about 10 in each to give to each of the kids with their party favors. The rest of them we released around this tree so all of the kids could watch them. It was definitely a hit!



Just a few of the decorations

Cat Cat

This is actually the second stray cat that has adopted us, the first was "Checkers" and we had her for about 6 months before she suddenly disappeared (I'm thinking coyote)anyways, this is "Cat Cat" and my girls just love her, hopefully she can stick around awhile because she is really patient and sweet with my girls. For the first couple of weeks she would just kind of skirt around our yard and then run everytime we opened the back door but one day Shelby decided she was going to tame her so she sat outside for literally over an hour holding a piece of cheese until the cat couldn't take it anymore and it came over and ate out of her hand. After a few days she was completely tamed.

Dish Duties

I have a feeling that as soon as they are old enough to actually be helpful at washing dishes they will stop wanting to do it but for now they just LOVE to wash the dishes for Mommy.

Just Some Dirt

I can dress them up like little princesses all I want but at the end of the day there just isn't much better than sitting right down in the dirt and playing. This is Shelby and Peyton out by the corral behind our house drawing maps in the dirt. "This is how you get to Mimi's house" they get this from my dad who can't explain anything without drawing a little diagram to further the explanation and when pen and paper are scarce he always draws it out in the dirt.

Hair Stylist Extraordinaire

Shelby was so proud of her awesome hair styling skills on her baby sister. We took one picture then she went to fix her own for the next one. This was about mid May, she decided she was going to be a hair stylist when she grows up, "AFTER I'm all done being a ballerina and an ice skater"